Hollyfield Primary School

Hollyfield Primary School maintains its status as a good school, demonstrating strong leadership and a commitment to pupil achievement. The curriculum is ambitious and well-planned, leading to positive outcomes in reading and overall student engagement. Pupils enjoy a supportive environment where they feel happy and safe, and there are many opportunities for extracurricular activities and personal development. However, there are concerns regarding attendance and punctuality, which disrupts learning for some pupils.

Strengths

• Leaders have an ambitious curriculum with high expectations.
• Pupils report feeling happy and safe at school.
• Reading is well-taught with a carefully planned curriculum.
• Teachers effectively support pupils with additional needs.
• Pupils are engaged in learning and enjoy various extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not attend school regularly or on time.
• Learning expectations in the wider curriculum are sometimes unclear for early years children.
• Assessment systems for foundation subjects are not robust.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hollyfield Primary School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.7% of pupils at Hollyfield Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hollyfield Primary School had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.8% of pupils at Hollyfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Hollyfield Primary School received £6,803 and spent £6,792 for each of its 399 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £9,000 (-£22 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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All schools in Sutton Coldfield · Birmingham local authority: places and applications

Hollyfield Primary School is part of Four Oaks Learning Trust for Excellence, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Whitehouse Common Primary School Sutton Coldfield
• Coppice Primary School Sutton Coldfield
• Langley School Sutton Coldfield
• Moor Hall Primary School Sutton Coldfield
• Little Sutton Primary School Sutton Coldfield
• Four Oaks Primary School Sutton Coldfield

What is Hollyfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hollyfield Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Hollyfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hollyfield Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Hollyfield Primary School have?

Hollyfield Primary School has 399 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hollyfield Primary School cover?

Hollyfield Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Hollyfield Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hollyfield Primary School?

Hollyfield Primary School is at Hollyfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B75 7SG.